024: How To Break Free From Self-Sabotage And Find Inner Freedom - Henri Nouwen

Lessons from 'Out of Solitude' by Henri J.M. Nouwen.

Henri Nouwen was a Professor of Religion and Theology at Yale University, the University of Notre Dame and Harvard Divinity. He left his academic post to join L’ Arche, a community that helps people with disability.

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Out of Solitude:

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The Power of Silence by Robert Cardinal Sarah:

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Meditation by Marcus Aurelius

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00:00 - Excerpt from ‘Out of Solitude’

05:00 - Fear of the other is the root of all our problems

06:16 - Who is Henri Nouwen?

10:31 - How solitude leads to care

12:00 - Find your lonely place

14:45 - Charity as gratitude vs. Charity for praise

16:40 - Sitting in silence

18:20 - The wise know themself that they don’t require affirmations from others

26:34 - Difference between Isolation and Solitude

31:00 - Darkness meditation

32:30 - Tao’s story of uselessness and why it’s ultimately the most useful

39:00 - What does it mean to be a good friend?

43:15 - To care means to live in the present

50:10 - Challenge